This food allergy blood test is less painful and has less side effects than historical allergy testing methods such as the skin prick test (SPT). In the skin prick, or scratch, test, serum containing food components are injected into the skin. If you are allergic to one or more of the food components, you will, unfortunately, have a mild allergic reaction and all of the symptoms that go with it. Instead, this allergy blood test can check for these food allergies without causing an allergic reaction, resulting in a much more comfortable lab testing experience through a simple blood draw.

Food allergy testing provides helpful information but, in some cases, may not identify a food allergy response when one is present. All results from these types of food allergy tests should be interpreted with one's medical provider before eating any specific food tested.